Next-Gen.Biz: Best Selling Games - The Analysis

Next-Gen.Biz writes: "Yesterday we gave you the raw data on the games people bought in the last year. Today we use that data to illuminate several observations about the individual companies and platforms and genres as well as gain some perspective on the industry as a whole.

Among the questions we'll answer:

Which publisher generated the greatest unit sales in the top 100? Systems can live and die by exclusives – which systems got the lion's share of these jewels?

Buying a system? We'll tell you which one can play more of the top 100 software titles than any other.

Are people still buying licensed games by the truckload? Did music games beat out sports games? The genre rankings reveal all. And are European tastes different from American? You bet, and we'll show you just how different they can be.: